They were probably regulated by law to keep everyone honest and make sure teh tobacco was weighed correctly. Bev ========Original Message======== Subj: [VAROOTS] Rolling Houses Date: 8/21/2003 7:48:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: <A HREF="mailto:margaret.teat2@verizon.net">margaret.teat2@verizon.net</A> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> To: <A HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> Sent from the Internet (Details) Eric, Flake & Others Thanks for your help. Tobacco was used as a currency, so that makes sense, but why: Why were they ordered by law? If a government warehouse why at individual farms? How did the govenment "pay" for the tobacco from individual farms? Hope my questions makes sense, Derrell A Rolling House was a tobacco warehouse. I think that the name derived from the fact that the huge hogsheads (barrels) of tobacco were literally rolled into the warehouses. To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237